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Sickness absence (non-attendance at work attributed to health complaints) is a complex phenomenon, influenced by many factors—demographic, socio-economic and related to work organisation and attitudes to work. Taimela et al have investigated the relation between self-reported health problems and sickness absence at differing ages in a cohort of Finnish workers in physical jobs.1 Self-rated health and self-rated workability were associated with total duration of absence regardless of age, sex and occupational grade. Frequency of self-reported health problems rose as expected with age. However, a higher proportion of 18–30 year olds had sickness absence than 51–61 year olds—a "surprisingly high probability" of absence according to the authors, considering the reported better health of younger workers. As well as identifying individuals at higher risk of sickness absence, the study highlights a need to address psychosocial and behavioural differences between younger and older workers in the drive to reduce health-attributed absenteeism.
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